Monday, May 3, 2010 - Besides, Colum
knew
the ship and its captainIt...
Besides, Colum
knew
the ship and its captainIt was a cargo ship, true, but it was
carrying only bales of best Irish linen, nothing messyAnd the
captain's wife always travelled with him, so Scarlett would have female
companionship and a chaperoneBest of all, the ship had no
paddlewheel, no steam engineShe'd be under sail all the wayhe
weather was beautiful for more than a week
The roads were dry, the hedgerows were full of flowers, Cat's feverish
sleeplessness one night turned out to be only a new tooth coming in
On the day before she was to leave Scarlett ran, half-dancing, to
Ballyhara town to pick up the last of Cat's frocks from the
dressmaker
She was confident that nothing could go wrong tiffany co bracelets nowWhile Margaret
Scanlon wrapped the frock in tissue paper Scarlett looked out at the
deserted dinner-time town and saw Colum going into the abandoned
Protestant Church of Ireland on the other side of the wide streetOh,
good, she thought, he's going to do it after allI thought he'd never
listen to reasonIt makes no sense at all for the whole town to be
squashed into that dinky little chapel for Mass every Sunday when
there's that great big church standing emptyJust because it was
built by Protestants is no reason for Catholics not to take it overI
don't know why he's been so stubborn so long, but I won't fuss at
him
I'll just tell him how happy it makes me that he's changed his mind
"I'll be right chanel purse for cheap back," she told MrsShe hurried along the
weed-ridden path that led to the small side entrance, tapped on the
door and pushed it openA loud noise sounded, then another, and
Scarlett felt something sharp hit her sleeve, heard a shower of pebbles
on the ground at her feet, a booming reverberation inside the church
A shaft of light from the open door fell directly onto a strange man
who had spun to face herHis stubbled face was twisted into a snarl,
and his dark, shadowed eyes were like a wild animal'sHe was half
crouching, and he was pointing a pistol at her, held out from
his rag-clothed body in his two dirty, rock-steady hands
The knowledge filled Scarlett's mindHe's already killed Colum and
now he's ladies gucci bangle watch going to kill meCat!
I'll never see Cat againWhite-hot anger freed Scarlett from the
physical paralysis of shockShe raised her fists and lunged
forward
The sound of the second shot was an explosion that echoed
deafeningly
from the vaulted stone ceilings for a time that seemed forever
Scarlett threw herself to the floor, screaming"I'll ask you to be
quiet, Scarlett darling," said ColumShe knew his voice, and yet it
was not his voiceThere was steel in this voice, and iceShe saw Colum's right arm around the neck of the man,
Colum's left hand around the man's wrist, the pistol pointing at the
ceilingShe got slowly to her feet"What is going on here?" she
enunciated carefully"Close the door if y,o,u chanel pearl necklace please," said Colum
"There's light enough from the windowshere?" Colum gave her no answer"Drop it, Davey boy," he said
to
the manThe pistol fell with a metallic crash onto the stone floor
Slowly Colum lowered the man's arm
Quickly he moved his own arm from its stranglehold around the man's
neck, made two fists with his hands and clubbed the man with them
The unconscious form fell at Colum's feet"He'll do," Colum said
He walked briskly past Scarlett and quietly closed the door, slid the
bolt across"Now, Scarlett darling, we have to talk Colum's hand
closed around her upper arm from behind herScarlett jerked away,
whirled to face himYou tell me what is
going on here The warmth and lilt was back in his cartier ballon blue voic
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